UK: Officials want jail time for energy market manipulators (Competition Policy International)

The UK is now reportedly looking to make prison terms a possible sanction against individuals found to have violated competition law within the gas and electricity industries.

According to reports, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced Wednesday that the government is looking to introduce new criminal sanctions next spring …read more

Source: Global Competition Law Blogs

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@misc{21st-century-competition2014, author = {21st Century Competition}, title = {{UK: Officials want jail time for energy market manipulators (Competition Policy International)}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/08/uk-officials-want-jail-time-for-energy-market-manipulators-competition-policy-international/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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